Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has hinted that they are close to signing Alexis Sanchez.

The Red Devils have been given a free run at the player, after rivals Manchester City pulled out of the race to sign him.

Although Chelsea have made a late bid to sign the Chilean attacker, United remain confident they have sealed a £35million deal for the Arsenal forward, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan likely to go the other way.

Speaking after their 3-0 win over Stoke City on Monday, Mourinho, however, chose to remain non-committal on the transfer.

“I’m not confident but I’m also not unconfident. Just relaxed.

“We have the feeling he’s an Arsenal player. He can stay there, but also a feeling he can move and, if he moves, I think we have a chance.

“But most probably, a player like him has other big clubs interested, so who knows?